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Is Your Financial Institution’s Information in the ACH Contact Registry? Enforcement Begins Aug. 1
The Rule creating the ACH Contact Registry was approved more than a year ago, and in that time Nacha has been proactively making financial institutions aware of the requirement to register—first that it was on the way, and later when the Registry opened …
Credit Union of Texas Puts the ACH Contact Registry to Use Beyond ACH
It’s called the ACH Contact Registry, but it’s being used for a whole lot more. Under the Nacha Rules, financial institutions must enter staff or departmental contacts for ACH operations and fraud/risk management. But there’s the option to list contacts …
TPI and Risk Retreat: Why You Need to Attend
The payments field is never stagnant, so there’s no reason why payments education should be. The 2023 TPI On Campus , July 16-19, is moving with the times. Just ask the dean. “With so much change that’s taking place in the payments space, this year we’ve …
A Checklist Approach to Reduce Fraud in Payroll Origination
A checklist approach to initiating a payroll can help ACH Originators and Third-Party Senders comply with rules and regulations, avoid errors, and reduce fraud. Nacha has published a general electronic payment initiation checklist that contains 10 steps. …
The Fraudsters are Hard at Work. How Hard are You Fighting Back?
(L-R) Jordan Bennett, Pamela T. Rodriguez and Tim Thorson LAS VEGAS —Underestimate the fraudsters at your own risk. “These guys are really, really smart,” said Tim Thorson, AAP, CTP, Senior Vice President, Payments Risk, at Regions Bank. That’s why the …
Keep a Step Ahead of Today’s Ever-Changing Scams
LAS VEGAS —There are numerous frauds today putting your institution and its customers at risk. It’s a long list, and participants at Smarter Faster Payments 2023 heard from someone who knows only too well: Detective Jefferson Grace of the Las Vegas …
FBI and AFP Reports Warn Business Email Compromise Remains a Threat
Two recent reports spotlight the fact that fraudsters remain hard at work, and that vigilance remains an absolute must. First, the FBI’s 2022 Internet Crime Report , released this year, shows business email compromise (BEC) “has evolved from simple …
What are You, and Your Competitors, Doing to Fight Fraud?
LAS VEGAS —Keeping up with the Joneses can be a good thing, if the Joneses are doing all they can to prevent fraud.  “It is important to figure out what the businesses around you are doing,” said Jeanette Hait Blanco, Nacha General Counsel.  “The …
Business Email Compromise and Check Fraud Continue to Hit U.S. Businesses, Report Finds
Business Email Compromise (BEC) and check fraud continued to give U.S. companies major headaches in 2020, a new report from the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) found. More than three-quarters of organizations were targeted by BEC attacks, …